Illinois Baseball Report

With a Willie Argo triple and a Josh Parr rbi single, the Illini once again won in the ninth inning, this time against Penn State 7-6 in the Big Ten opener on Friday night. This extends the Illini’s winning streak to five games and they are now breaching the .500 mark at 9-10. Penn State [...]

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Pat Sheehan gets congratulated by his teammates for having a good eye Wow, if the rest of Illinois baseball season is as exciting as today’s home opener, the EMTs are going to have to stock up on chest paddles.  What a heart pounder!  In the bottom of the ninth, Illini DH Pat Sheehan walked with [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 25th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

What a way to end a road trip!  Not only did the Illinois baseball team win their last two ballgames but newcomer Thomas Lindauer won co-freshman of the week honors from the Big Ten. After defeating St Louis on Saturday, I’m sure Illinois felt extra motivated to win Sunday’s game against Southern Illinois University.  Coming [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 23rd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

In the last two days, Illinois baseball took on the Northern Illinois Huskies on neutral territory twice in two different venues.  The ballgames were polar opposites of each other but end result was the same.  An Illinois loss. Thursday Thursday, the Illini played the Huskies at Rent One Park in Marion, IL.  With Kevin Johnson [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 18th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Two games into the weekend series against Florida Gulf Coast University, I’m wondering what Coach Hartleb told them during this past week.  Whatever it was, it worked.  Remember, this is a FGCU team that enjoyed a 38-20 record just one year ago.  In just two games, the Illini have proven to be formidable opponents winning [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on February 26th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Fightingillini.com has their weekend preview up now.  This week’s preview includes a bonus video of an interview of Willie Argo just before getting on the team bus before heading down to Florida.  Willie looks spiffy wearing a red orange tie (you know that’s coming off as soon as he’s on the bus). Here’s the posted [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on February 17th, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Argo:  speediest in the Big Ten? College Baseball Insider asked the Big Ten Baseball coaches their opinions on a variety of baseball topics.  Nine of them responded and CBI put them together for their Big Ten baseball preview. The team to beat?  It was unanimous for Minnesota.  A lot of things can happen from now [...]

Filed under: Awards on February 3rd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

What’s there to do for an Illini baseball blogger when there’s no baseball??  Update the banner, of course. I’ve updated the banner annually to reflect the changes in the personnel of team for the past few years now.  Now that fall practice is over, it was time to do so.  The players are, of course, [...]

Filed under: Blog Administration on October 11th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It was the third day of the Orange and Blue World Series today.  Not only was it the last game but pretty much the last time we’ll see the players in action till the 2011 season.  Which is why I personally like the O&B WS… aside from getting a chance to see the new players [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on October 6th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Today was the first day of the University of Illinois baseball Orange and Blue World Series.  It was a nice mild October afternoon day for a baseball game and it was nice to see a few fans out at Illinois Field to watch the guys play ball.  It may be a “World Series” but most [...]

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